Nicaraguan Banks Completely Solid
A week after the FSLN (Sandinista National Liberation Front) triumph in the Nicaraguan elections, all is stabile in the banking and economic sectors, three important bank representatives assured on Monday.

The financial system is very stable and banks are functioning properly, confirmed Banco de Producción (BANPRO) manager Luis Rivas, when sharing a business breakfast with local and foreign media.

Rivas s opinion was shared by his colleagues Enrique Zamora and Silvio Lanuza, from Latin American Financial Services group LAFISE and from Financial Bank (BDF), respectively.

The three agreed this was largely due to the reassurances given by President-elect Daniel Ortega immediately after he was proclaimed winner of the November 5 elections.

According to Ortega, "radical" changes will not occur in the macro-economic area with the arrival to power of FSLN on January 10.

BDF manager described Ortega´s message as positive and said there is a promise to fulfill expectations in the population generated by the FSLN triumph.

The future Sandinista government s main task is to eradicate the poverty affecting almost 80 percent of the 5.1 million Nicaraguan people, Ortega said.